The other day I spoke with three different friends of mine - all of whom had lost the spirit of life. They all came from different environments and their problems too were unique. The common thread that emerged however was someone very close who acts as a well wisher but ultimately ends up crushing your spirit. These spirit crushers will continuously make one feel inadequate about dealing with one's life and would keep offering "valuable" advise and sometimes even lend out a helping hand.... They are great manipulators...There is no escape from them. You can't talk back to them either because you are dependent on them or because they are officially very close to you. Any time they sense that you are even remotely happy they will go to great lengths to hurt you and then make you feel that you got hurt 'cos of your own problems..You can't even run away from them ...They will not allow you to express your emotions...you cry and they'll say you are being vulne…

I had dreamt about 2008 here . Now, it's time to take stock...I did bake a cake for hubby's b'day...The cake however was a disaster :PDidn't manage to visit either Leh or Switzerland :( ...Instead visited the Switzerland of the East (Sikkim) and had a lovely time...Started learning both Japanese and French and dropped both midway..However, I have become proficient in another language... it's called baby talk...I don't know whether I managed to spread cheer in other people's lives, however, someone special came into my life and is spreading a lot of cheer :)In the final analysis, 2008 will always be one of the most special years of my life and I shall spend its anniversary in all coming years.The year was afterall very productively spent creating thisand then transforming him to this...

P.S realised I had started this post in Dec 2008 and now its Feb 2009...How time flies !...Only moms will understand the happiness of being able to find the time to publish a …